History activities [2]

Activity 1: Time capsule

Subtheme(s):
Customs and traditions

Invite students to make a list of all of the items Victoria and her siblings gathered together and list where they hid them.

Discover

Why are these objects important to this time? As a class discuss what each object says about the belief or superstitions in 1888. Find out where this belief in hiding objects for luck may have originated?

Reflect

Students take photos of eight items they would place in their own time capsule. They create a box to hold the pictures and add a letter explaining why these objects were chosen.

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Activity 2: An Indigenous history

Subtheme(s):
Beliefs; Indigenous perspectives

Victoria sees an Indigenous girl dressed in white. She is present at the tree and beside the creek with her mother or grandmother. The significance of her being there is unexplained in the episode.

Discover

Indigenous Australians are important in the historical puzzle. Research Australian Indigenous history and find accounts that document what was happening at this time. Discuss with students what life was like for Indigenous children and how their lives may have differed from Victoria's childhood.

Reflect

Ask students to give voice to the Indigenous girl and write a diary entry on how she viewed Victoria and her siblings that day at the creek.